Re: [CR] 60 Cycles (1965 Tour of the St. Lawrence documentary)

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From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
To: Adam Hammond <anhammond@gmail.com>, CR discussion list <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:17:44 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR] 60 Cycles (1965 Tour of the St. Lawrence documentary)


Adam, many thanks indeed for alerting us to this... really, really good and a cycling documentary I've never heard of. You can tell this was done by a serious director, too, as so many of the film angles and shots are unique for this genre and very effective, including some nice close-ups of the machines. Lots of chromed fork and triangle ends, brake levers set high on the 'bars, proper narrow 'bars and.. OMG they rode 1500 miles with toeclips and leather cycling shoes with cleats. This is the first cycle race I've seen with a '65 Lincoln Continental as a team car as well as, it seems, a Lambretta scooter. And the music is almost as cool as that in the '64 London-Holyhead film.

Great stuff! Thanks again.

Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA